{"id":5516,"date":"2026-06-14T23:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-38-arrested-after-russian-shadow-oil-tanker-intercepted-in-channel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:30:22","slug":"man-38-arrested-after-russian-shadow-oil-tanker-intercepted-in-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-38-arrested-after-russian-shadow-oil-tanker-intercepted-in-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 38, arrested after Russian shadow oil tanker intercepted in Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1a5e55\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The vessel SMYRTOS was intercepted on Sunday morning, June 14, in a move that has been described by the Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis as a blow to &#8216;Putin&#8217;s illegal war&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37294240\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37294240.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Russian-shadow-fleet-vessel-Channel-interception.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37294240.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_Russian-shadow-fleet-vessel-Channel-interception.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37294240.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Russian-shadow-fleet-vessel-Channel-interception.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37294240.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Russian-shadow-fleet-vessel-Channel-interception.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of British armed forces intercepting a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel in the early hours of Sunday. \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of British armed forces intercepting a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel in the early hours of Sunday. <cite aria-label=\"Image: LPhot Hutchins\/MoD Crown copyright\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: LPhot Hutchins\/MoD Crown copyright\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A 38-year-old man has been arrested after the armed forces and National Crime Agency boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man, an Indian national, has been arrested on suspicion of suspected sanctions offences under the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/russia\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Russia<\/a> Regulations. The vessel SMYRTOS was intercepted on Sunday morning, June 14, in <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/royal-marines-shadow-fleet-raid-37293200\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">an operation that was the first of its kind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The seizure has been described as a<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/royal-marines-storm-putin-shadow-37292774\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> blow to &#8220;Putin&#8217;s illegal war&#8221; <\/a>and lauded by Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/keir-starmer\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Keir Starmer<\/a> who paid tribute to those involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a post on X, National Crime Agency said: &#8220;This morning, NCA officers worked alongside partners such as the British <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/armed-forces\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Armed Forces<\/a> to board and seize the SMYRTOS \u2014 a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker intercepted in the English Channel.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37295058\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37295058\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.44\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Officers board the vessel in a video released by the National Crime Agency\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37295058.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-71620am.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37295058.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-71620am.png 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37295058.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-71620am.png 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37295058.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-71620am.png 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Officers board the vessel in a video released by the National Crime Agency\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Officers board the vessel in a video released by the National Crime Agency<cite aria-label=\"Image: NCA\/X\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: NCA\/X)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A 38-year-old Indian national man has now been arrested by NCA officers on suspicion of suspected sanctions offences under the Russia Regulations. He has been taken into custody, where he will be interviewed by NCA investigators. Our investigation continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The military operation, which lasted six hours, was supported with aircraft from the Maritime Air Group (Chinooks, Merlin Mk4 and Wildcat), an RAF P-8 aircraft, as well as HMS Sutherland and HMS Ledbury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: &#8220;This operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin\u2019s war in <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ukraine\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> that they cannot hide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I want to pay tribute to all those involved, including our Armed Forces and law enforcement officers who keep this country safe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis said: &#8220;Operations like this require skill, professionalism and courage. I pay tribute to our Armed Forces personnel and all those involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict in Ukraine and our interdiction delivers a blow to Putin\u2019s illegal war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The SMYRTOS will be provisionally moved to an anchorage off the South Coast of England and will be monitored for any environmental or safety concerns, according to the government<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Prime Minister agreed in March that British Armed Forces and law enforcement officers were able to board shadow fleet vessels, in accordance with international law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/smyrtos-russian-oil-tanker-arrest-37295053\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vessel SMYRTOS was intercepted on Sunday morning, June 14, in a move that has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_Russian-shadow-fleet-vessel-Channel-interception.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}